Awesome Feather stays unbeaten in Juvenile fillies

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Awesome Feather, unbeaten in five starts at Calder, made her first trip to the big leagues and hit a home run in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies.

Ridden by Breeders’ Cup rookie Jeffrey Sanchez, Awesome Feather held off the Todd Pletcher-trained R Heat Lightning by 2 1/4 lengths to run her unbeaten streak to six. She paid $10.40, $5.40 and $4 and ran the 1 1/16 miles in a time of 1:45.17. R Heat Lightning paid $6.20 and $4.20 and Delightful Mary finished third and paid $7.60 to show.

“I’m speechless,” said winning trainer Stanley Gold. “I was confident that she was right and ready to run. Basically, I wanted to see if she could do this and she didn’t disappoint me. We hoped she could keep climbing the ladder and she did.”